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When I first seen this recipe from my recipe book. I was wondering how is the taste, can a black sesame and cheese a match? I want to find out the answer, therefore I make it.

Sponge Cake Ingredients

(A)
200g Sponge Mix
1 teaspoon vanila powder
3 Eggs
40ml Water

(B)
40ml Coocking Oil

Cheesecake Ingredients

(C)
250g Cream Cheese
40g Sugar

(D)
150ml Milk
35g Sugar
15g Black Sesame, toasted and ground

(E)
1 Egg

(F)
1 1/2 teaspoons Gelatine
60g Warm water

(G)
160g Whip topping cream, whipped

Steps to bake the sponge cake base

1. Pour (A) into mixer, and mix well.
   
   
2. Beat the mixture until creamy and flufty.
3. Add (B) slowly and mix well.
   
   
4. Pour into 9" square mould. Bake at 180 ºC for 35 minutes.
   
   
5. Invert cake into a wire tray for 5 minutes. Then turn over to prevent cake from sinking in the middle.
   
   

Steps to make cheesecake topping

1. Beat (C) until light and smooth.
   
   
2. Bring (D) to the boil. Pour it into (E) slowly. Stir until well blended. Cook over low heat while stirring constantly. cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
3. Mix (F), Stir until gelatine dissolves. Add it into the sesame and egg mixture and mix until well blended.
4. Place it in an iced water bath. Stir until the temperature drops down to 25 ºC.
   
   
5. Add it to (C) and mix well combined.
6. Fold in (G) and mix until well blended.
   
   
7. Fill the cake mould with cheese filling.
   
8. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm.
   
9. Remove the cake mould. Spread some glazing gel on top.
   
   
10. Cut into small pieces, decrorate with cream rosettes and mints leave. Try to avoid "ready to whip" whipped cream, otherwise will end up like mine, the whip cream melted before I can take a good shot.
    
    

Comments from my fellow colleagues who has try out:
eatinout: The taste is ok, black sesame and cheesecake is not a good match.
GY: ...The milk taste is strong...
SJ: The cheese topping and sponge base have very clear distinct taste.
PW: I can't find the cheese flavor at all.
TY: Very Chinese.

My comment: Toasted black sesame seeds has very strong nutty flavour, it gave off the fragant odor once it's grinded. I relate this to black sesame paste (黑芝麻糊, a Chinese dessert) when smelling. Well, this is something new to me, I've very complex feeling on my first bite too, it taste good after all, and I ate 2 slices immediately.

If you love cheesecake because of the strong cheese taste ( like American or Marble cheesecake), then you may not like this. The sesame flavour and milk taste (due to milk and whip cream) are stronger than cream cheese, therefore it will not give you strong cheese flavour.

Do you wonder how does a black sesame cheesecake taste?



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Crystal Jade Group is a Singaporen restaurant group began 16 years ago. Crystal Jade open their first Hong Kong style Cantonese restaurant in 1991. They have now diversified it's product lines to Shanghainese, Teochew, Korean, Hong Kong, Cantonese dim sum, steamboat, and even pastry and bread. Crystal Jade also has different restaurant type to cater different product line, including Crystal Jade Kitchen, Crystal Jade Steamboat Kitchen, Crystal Jade Golden Palace, Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao, Crystal Jade Cakery, Crystal Jade Ginseng Chicken, C-Jade Express and others that I'm not aware of. Most of these Crystal Jade group of restaurants can be found in Orchard Road, Singapore.

C-Jade Express Restaurant is one of the latest concept from Crystal Jade, the first C-Jade Express open in Wisma Atria, Orchard Rd on November 2005, the second has open in Mid Valley Magamall in December 2005. There are three type of cuisine available in C-Jade Express, i.e. Chinese, Korean and Japanese. You can find some similiarity to Hong Kong Cafe & Restaurant which popular in Malaysia these day (something like Kim Gary).

C-Jade Express is the second Crystal Jade Restaurant in Malaysia, the first one is Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao at Lot 10.

I managed to pay C-Jade Express a visit after it opened for 5 4 months+.

Roadted duck is one of the C-Jade express popular dish. I order half bird due to their popularity.. sigh, I put too much expectation and end up with disappointment, it's just taste like a normal roasted duck, nothing fancy. I think it's popular because everyone judge by the look, it look so nice when it hang on the display.


Roasted Pork is a nice one, the pork skin is crispy, fat and meat are distributed in clear layers and the meat is not too dry.


Korean food is another cuisine that I'm not familiar with. The minced beef rice is ok for me, but I don't know why they need to serve it in stone bowl. To keep warm? or just for the sake of displaying.


C-Jade Express
Unit LG-048 Lower Ground Floor
Mid Valley Megamall Kuala Lumpur
Tel +603-2284 8113


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eatinout need to send a postal to US, so we go to KLCC due to the nearest post office is there. It was lunch time 1pm+, as usual, not sure what to eat in KLCC. Thought to eat at Nando's Chicken, waited more than 10 minutes , no seat available.

I suggested to go Roma Pizza Club in avenue K, eatinout been there once, it seem to be a good choice. Maybe it's late or it's weekday, no much customers at the time we arrived.

The menu is simple and clear, Roma Pizza Club offer varieties of thin crust pizza. We've no idea and don't mind to eat anything, so eatinout make the order.

This is what eatinout has ordered for us:


Not forgetting the Iced Lemon Tea (RM4.50). It's too sweet, taste like syrup than an Iced Lemon Tea. :p


Roma Pizza Club @ Avenue K
Tel +603-2164 3373


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I was at Cheow Yang area last weekend, notice this restaurant named "Mee Yoke Lim", it's name after prawn mee. I guess the prawn mee must be good so I decided to stop here to have my late lunch.

Prawn mee is the name we use in Klang Valley, it's orginated from Penang. Penang people call this as Hokkien Mee or something referred as mee yoke. Not sure how it become "Prawn Mee", maybe not to confuse with Hokkien fried noodles (check out my previous post on lien bee hokkien mee for Klang Valley hokkien mee).



I prefer prawn mee served with mixture of yellow noodles and rice noodles. The key for good prawn mee is the soup. This clear soup usually make from fresh shrimps, dried parwns, prawn head, shell, stock bones or chicken and chilies. Usually garnished with prawn, water morning-glory, bean sprouts, shredded pork and shallot crisps. The prawn mee in Mee Yoke Lim is a good one. I reckon there are branches in SS2 as well.

We also order Assam Laksa in the same coffee shop. Taste bad.




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MF has mentioned the pork noodle in Quilin to me and eatinout more than half a year back, finally I have the chance to try the pork noodle here. This is the second I visited to Quilin in fact, during the first visit, I was asked to wait for 40 mintues, It was late and I need to go for other appointment (It was Saturday 3:20pm!) therefore I decided to go.


The second visit, I waited 35minutes and this is my bowl of pork noodle:

You can see, there are shredded pork, pork liver, pork lark, pork intestines and quit a lot of minced meat. I dont' usually eat intestines, but I still try it for the sake trying.. it was over cooked, it was hard. The soup was rich, can taste the sweet of pork stock, and it season with white pepper. It taste so good and I end up with lapping all the soup :p



Perhaps this is the only decent pork noodle in this area, hence it always full of people who is willing to wait. The uncle has no helper to cook the noodle and yet the business is good, therefore got to wait for so long.

Well, when talk about of pork noodle, I still prefer the one in OUG, the soup is sweeten with seafood. I will re-visit one day, stay tune.


Restoran Quilin
Jalan SS15/2A
47500 Subang Jaya
Business Hour: Morning ~ 4pm


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My former boss recommended My Thai after she read the post for Bangkok Jam, thanks for it. I love thai food, so I ask colleagues to go My Thai with me after work.

Starhill, probably is the most luxury shopping center in Kuala Lumpur. Interior design is great, things are expensive and security is tight. You can find all the high price fashion here, including Patek Philippe watches, Louis Vuitton, DKNY, KENZO and etc. Starhill always give people the feeling of prestigious. This really not a place for me, I can't afford any of the brand above :(

The Feast Village consist of 13 restaurants, each restaurant has it's own unique theme. However you can dine in Thai Restaurant and order food from mediterranean restaurant and end with one bill. hmm.. suddenly thought of food court..


My Thai is located at Feast Village in Starhill Galary, nice ambient. The light is dim in feast floor, it create a romance and quiet dining environment.. I wonder if people easier to fall in love in this kind of place?



Let's look at what we had:


You can see, foods are pricy here, it taste good though. However Bangkok Jam taste better. I don't mind to pay more $$$ for better food, paying more than Bangkok Jam and get something worse is not wise..


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My Thai, Jim Thompson
JT Restaurant Sdn Bhd
LG7, Lower Group Floor
Starhill Shopping Center
181, Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-2148 6151